1 Cash of Song Xiaozong from Board of Revenue Mint: Board of Revenue
Ruler: Song Xiaozong, Emperor of China, 1127–1194, ruled 1163–89

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

6.68 g, 28.37 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.50644

Geography
Culture
Period

12th century

Classification
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Qian Dao Yuan Bao in seal inscription

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: a moon above the hole and a star below the hole
Provenance

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

cash (Chinese money), coins, money

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